Read the full judgment text of HCPI 000748/2000 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 15 March 2002.
1. These proceedings arise out of an accident on 28 November 1997 when Mr Chan Man Yuan (the deceased), a marine surveyor, in the course of his employment, entered an enclosed space in a cargo hold access hatch on board the ship "Madonna Lily" in Chiwan, PRC, and died as a result of suffocation caused by oxygen depletion. The 1st defendant was his employer, and the 2nd and 3rd defendants were the owner and demise charterer of the vessel at the time. The plaintiffs brought the action against the